David Ogden StiersFilmography

Born:: October 31, 1942 in Peoria, IL
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: In contrast to the insufferably intellectual characters he has played so often and so well, David Ogden Stiers wasn't much of a student while growing up in Eugene, Oregon. Like many another "underachiever," Stiers excelled at the things he was truly interested in, such as music (he played piano...Read More

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American Experience: George H.W. Bush

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Originally produced as part of the "American Experience" documentary series, this in depth- look at the life and career of the 41st President of the United States draws on new scholarship and recently-conducted interviews with those closest to George H.W. Bush to highlight how an increasingly Read More

2008
The Dead Zone: Season 06

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall

2007
American Experience: Summer of Love

2007
Together Again for the First Time

Actors: Julia Duffy, David Ogden Stiers, Joey Lawrence, Larisa Oleynik, Kelly Stables

Synopsis: Seven years after bringing their two large families together in marriage, a devoted couple invites their entire extended family over for the holidays with predictably disastrous results. Audrey Wolders-Frobisher (Julia Duffy) and her husband Max (David Ogden Stiers) have been happily married for Read More

2007
Hoodwinked

Actors: Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson

Synopsis: Forget everything you know about Little Red Riding Hood; the classic fairy tale gets a new look and a new style in this computer-animated comedy for the whole family. Grizzly (voice of Xzibit) and Stork (voice of Anthony Anderson) are a pair of critter cops who have been called the homey bungalow Read More

1/13/06
Leroy & Stitch

Actors: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Tia Carrere

Synopsis: Walt Disney's beloved space alien finds that his adventure has only begin when Dr. Hamsterviel breaks out of prison and creates an army of evil Stitch twins in a nefarious attempt to overthrow the universe. Having been rewarded for capturing all 625 experiments by being allowed to choose precisely Read More

2006
The Dead Zone: Season 05

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

2006
American Experience: Fidel Castro

Synopsis: In 1959, when Fidel Castro led a ragtag revolutionary army which miraculously overthrew the corrupt regime of Fulgencio Batista, he was hailed as a hero around the world, though many of the same people who praised him soon became his enemies when Castro installed a Communist government and entered Read More

2005
Biography: John and Abigail Adams

Synopsis: John Adams and his wife Abigail shared a vision of American independence when they married in 1764 that would make for a dynamic partnership. This biography of the couple, as told through historian commentary and surviving letters between the two, examines the role they played in the American Read More

2005
American Experience: Victory in the Pacific

Synopsis: Victory in the Pacific documents the ending of the fighting in World War II's Pacific Theater. The film shows how the brutality and fatalities increased, and lays out the timeline of the various choices that led to the dropping of the atomic bomb -- the act that led most directly to the end of Read More

2005
NOVA: A Daring Flight

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: This documentary chronicles Louis Blériot's 1909 flight across the English Channel as well as his earlier struggles to successfully create and maintain his Model XI monoplane. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

2005
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Actors: Dakota Fanning, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald

Synopsis: The animated feature-length film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch follows the characters from the Oscar-nominated movie Lilo & Stitch. Everything seems to be going smoothly as the film begins, with Stitch acceptably assimilated into his adopted family and everyone planning for a gigantic hula Read More

2005
American Experience: John & Abigail Adams

2005
The Dead Zone: Season 04

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall

2005
Teacher's Pet

Actors: Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Flemming, Debra Jo Rupp, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Disney's animated feature Teacher's Pet is based on the award-winning ABC cartoon show created by artist Gary Baseman. Spot (voice of Nathan Lane) is a dog who wishes he was a real boy, like his master Leonard Helperman (voice of Shaun Flemming). He gets his wish when Leonard and his mom (voice of Debra Jo Rupp Read More

1/16/04
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime With Roo

Actors: Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom, Jimmy Bennett, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Walt Disney Pictures presents this straight-to-video animated feature starring Winnie the Pooh and friends. It's Easter and the whole gang is excited because that means Rabbit will be playing the Easter Bunny as he has in years past. Unfortunately for Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, and Roo, Rabbit Read More

2004
The Dead Zone: Season 03

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: The third-season opener of The Dead Zone not only clarifies the presence of the mysterious futuristic stranger (Frank Whaley) who had been stalking psychic Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall) throughout the closing episodes of season two, but also helps Johnny fill in the memory gaps resulting Read More

2004
American Experience: The Golden Gate Bridge

Synopsis: The fascinating tale of the structure often called one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World" comes to the screen in a documentary that originally aired as part of PBS's American Experience series. Before the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, harried hustler and energetic self-promoter Read More

2004
They Made America [TV Documentary Series]

2004
The Dead Zone: Dead Men Tell Tales

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

Synopsis: The authorities want to find out the connection between psychic Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall) and the injuries sustained by a beautiful young woman (Niesha Trout). The whole affair is connected with Johnny's vision of an attempted hit on mob boss Cathan Donnegal (William MacDonald). As a Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: The Storm

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

Synopsis: Still recovering from the death of a close friend, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) goes on a vacation with the Bannermans and Bruce (John L. Adams). Before long, Johnny experiences another of his disturbing psychic visions -- this one of a tornado that bids fair to be the storm of the century. Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: Playing God

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

Synopsis: Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) is reunited with two of his high-school friends, Jason Moore (Lochlyn Munro) and Jason's sister Kate (Ally Sheedy, with whom series star Hall appeared in the 1982 theatrical feature The Breakfast Club). Upon making physical contact with both Jason and Kate, Johnny Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: Zion

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Kristen Dalton, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Upon the death of his clergyman father, David Lewis (Louis Gossett Jr.), Bruce (John L. Adams) heads to Indianapolis for the funeral, bringing along his friend Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) for emotional support. Brushing past the body of Pastor Lewis, Johnny experiences a strange vision which he Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: The Man Who Never Was

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

Synopsis: While trying to escape his adoring fans, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) experiences a horrifying vision: himself vanishing into nothingness after making contact with an as-yet-determined item. Soon afterward, Johnny meets a reclusive stranger, Jeffrey Grissom (Robert Culp), who has had a similar Read More

2003
New York, Episode 8: 1945-2003 - The Center of the World

Actors: Bebe Neuwirth, George Plimpton

Synopsis: The three-hour documentary Center of the World is part of producer/director Ric Burns' massive 14 1/2-hour filmed history of New York City. More specifically, this film is an outgrowth of the five-minute coda to Burns' previous effort The City and the World: 1945 to Present, hastily added to Read More

2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Actors: Kevin Conroy, Kyra Sedgwick, Kelly Ripa, David Ogden Stiers, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Hector Elizondo, Kimberly Brooks, Elisa Pensler Gabrielli

Synopsis: Batwoman makes her grand entrance in the feature-length animated adventure Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. While Batman tries to figure out the new crime fighter's secret identity, Batwoman exposes an arms smuggling operation conducted by the Penguin. Soon Batwoman is captured by Bane and Batman Read More

2003
Lilo & Stitch: The Series [Animated TV Series]

Actors: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Tia Carrere

Synopsis: This weekly, half-hour cartoon series was not only a spin-off of the Disney animated feature Lilo & Stitch, but also more directly a continuation of the direct-to-video Stitch! The Movie. Lilo is a cute little Hawaiian girl who befriends Stitch, ostensibly a "dog" but actually a multi-talented Read More

2003
Stitch! The Movie

Actors: Chris Sanders, Daveigh Chase

Synopsis: The original voice cast of Lilo & Stitch returns for this direct-to-video sequel, which follows the further adventures of Stitch (aka Experiment 626) and his new surrogate family in Hawaii. It seems that Dr. Jumba (David Ogden Stiers) has brought his other 625 experiments to Earth, and now it's up Read More

2003
Frasier: Fathers and Sons

Actors: David Ogden Stiers, Linden Chiles, David St. James, Amita Balla

Synopsis: Roz (Peri Gilpin) cannot help but be amazed how much Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) has in common with his late mother's research assistant Leland Barton (David Ogden Stiers). Can it possibly be that Leland and not Martin (John Mahoney) is Frasier's father? Roz investigates and gets some unsettling Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: Season 02

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: The second season of the Stephen King-inspired TV series The Dead Zone begins with the conclusion of the cliffhanger introduced at the end of season one, as schoolteacher Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall), who ever since awakening from a six-year coma has had the ability to predict people's Read More

2003
Touched by an Angel: I Will Walk With You, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Touched by an Angel's two-part series finale, it appears as though Monica will fail her final test to become a Heavenly Supervisor. The town of Ascention remains entrapped in the grip of bitterness and hatred following a schoolhouse boiler explosion which killed all of the Read More

2003
Touched by an Angel: I Will Walk With You, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of Touched by an Angel's series finale, Heavenly caseworker Monica (Roma Downey) is at long last on the verge of being promoted to supervisor. First, however, she is required to pass one last test--and it's a formidable one indeed. Monica must somehow restore hope and faith to Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: Visions

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

Synopsis: Who is the facially scarred "man in black" who has been stalking Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) throughout the past few episodes? It turns out that the mystery man, Christopher Wey (Frank Whaley), has an important message from the future -- one that will profoundly alter the future of humanity. But Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: The Hunt

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

Synopsis: Filmed under the title "The Hunt for Osama," this episode finds Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) joining the ranks of other psychics like himself in a covert U.S. counter-terrorist organization. For his first assignment, Johnny joins a "remote-viewing" operation to track down a dangerous fugitive Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: Deja Voodoo

Actors: John L. Adams, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: In a non-comic variation of the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) meets an attractive insurance adjuster named Natalie Connor (Reiko Aylesworth) at a bar. Touching her hand, Johnny foresees a romantic future for himself and Natalie -- but the visions quickly take a grim turn Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: The Mountain

Actors: Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: While on a camping trip with the Bannermans, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) has a vision of a crashed plane with two million dollars on board. Sure enough, that amount has recently been stolen, and Johnny is invited to join a search party headed by mountain ranger Randy Truman (Scott William Read More

2003
The Dead Zone: The Combination

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, Kristen Dalton

Synopsis: Envisioning the death of his prizefighter friend Danny Avila (Greg Serano) during an upcoming heavyweight title bout, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) goes public with his psychic premonitions. Alas, Johnny's announcement does not cancel the match as he had hoped; instead, the value of the fight has Read More

2003
Lilo & Stitch

Actors: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames

Synopsis: A lonely little girl makes a very unusual friend -- a ukulele-playing alien who likes to toss around small automobiles -- in this antic animated comedy from Walt Disney Studios. Lilo (voice of Daveigh Chase) is a young Hawaiian girl being raised by her teenaged sister Nani (voice of Tia Carrere) Read More

6/21/02
American Experience: Chicago, City of the Century - The Revolution Has Begun

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: "The Revolution Has Begun" is part two of American Experience: Chicago - City of the Century, based on the book by Don Miller. David Ogden Stiers narrates. After the Chicago Fire of 1871, the city began to rebuild. Marshall Fields opens his dream department store on State Street and Cyrus Read More

2002
American Experience: Chicago, City of the Century - Mudhole to Metropolis

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: "Mudhole to Metropolis" is part one of American Experience: Chicago - City of the Century, based on the book by Don Miller. David Ogden Stiers narrates. The story begins in 1673, when French explorers took a canoe up the Illinois River and found a smelly marshland that the Indians called Read More

2002
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

Synopsis: In the wake of World War I, economic turmoil in the United States and Europe led to new perspectives on the global economy in both the private and public sectors, and since that time, theorists on both sides of the fence have constantly debated the virtues of an international free market as Read More

2002
American Experience: Ansel Adams - A Documentary Film

Actors: David Ogden Stiers, Josh Hamilton, Barbara Feldon, Eli Wallach

Synopsis: Ansel Adams chronicles the life and art of one of America's best-loved photographers. Raised by a doting father who encouraged Adams' eccentricities, the young boy focused his intense energy on becoming a concert pianist. Adams discovered his life's work, however, when he visited Yosemite Valley Read More

2002
American Experience: Chicago, City of the Century - Battle for Chicago

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: "Battle for Chicago" is part three of American Experience: Chicago - City of the Century, based on the book by Don Miller. David Ogden Stiers narrates. After the Haymarket Square incident, the unified work force was defeated and crime was on the rise. The various European immigrants in Chicago Read More

2002
The Dead Zone: Season 01

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Schoolteacher Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall) awakens from a six-year coma to discover himself a stranger in his own land as the TV-series version of The Dead Zone launches its first season. Johnny's wealthy mother has died under mysterious circumstances, and a flamboyant televangelist named Read More

2002
Justice League: The Brave and the Bold, Part 1

Actors: Powers Boothe, Virginia Madsen, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Justice Leaguers the Flash and the Green Lantern try to solve the mystery of a band of thieves who claim to have no memory of committing their crimes -- a mystery compounded by the appearance of a talking gorilla! The trail of clues leads to an Read More

2002
American Experience: Chicago - City of the Century [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: An outgrowth of historian Donald L. Miller's massive City of the Century, this three-part, 270-minute series traces the history of Chicago from a settlement of only 300 or so transients in 1830, to the heavily populated site of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. After synopsizing Chicago's roots as a Read More

2002
The Dead Zone: The Beginning

Synopsis: Take a terrifying trip back to the beginning of one man's waking nightmare as Stephen King's best-selling book comes to life in this made-for-television feature starring Anthony Michael Hall. Following a near-fatal car accident, Johnny Smith (Hall) lies motionless in a deep coma for six years. Read More

2002
The Majestic

Actors: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Gerry Black, Brent Briscoe, Karl Bury

Synopsis: Director Frank Darabont created this Frank Capra-inspired drama based on a screenplay by his friend and one-time schoolmate Michael Sloane. Jim Carrey stars as Pete Appleton, a screenwriter in the Hollywood of the 1950s. Pete's on top of the world with his first motion picture "Sand Pirates of the Read More

12/21/01
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Actors: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Elizabeth Berkley, John Schuck

Synopsis: Writer and director Woody Allen returns to the Manhattan of the past with this romantic comedy set in 1940, the era of fedora hats and gumshoe detectives. Allen stars as C.W. Briggs, an insurance investigator whose razor-sharp instincts have just led to the successful conclusion of another case Read More

8/24/01
Spirited Away

Actors: Daveigh Chase, Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette, Mari Natsuki, Susan Egan, Yumi Tamai, Yasuka Sawaguchi, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Master animation director Hayao Miyazaki follows up on his record-breaking 1997 opus Princess Mononoke with this surreal Alice in Wonderland-like tale about a lost little girl. The film opens with ten-year-old Chihiro riding along during a family outing as her father races through remote country Read More

7/20/01
Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Actors: Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Leonard Nimoy, Don Novello

Synopsis: The first Disney cartoon to be produced in the 70 mm format since The Black Cauldron (1985), this blend of traditional animation with computer-generated imagery is a straight adventure tale of the Jules Verne school, eschewing the studio's typical formula of cute critters mixed with song-and-dance Read More

6/8/01
Tomcats

Actors: Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey, Horatio Sanz, Jaime Pressly

Synopsis: This romantic comedy in the vein of There's Something About Mary and American Pie concerns the story of Michael Delaney (Jerry O'Connell), a struggling cartoonist who makes a bet with seven buddies over who will be the last to marry. Several years later, the pot has boiled down to two: Michael Read More

3/30/01
NOVA: Sultan's Last Treasure

Synopsis: Originally an episode of the PBS television series Nova, this video features a French-led team of researchers as they dive to the depths of the South China Seas to explore a 14th century shipwreck in order to discern its origin and intended destination. In the process, the archaeologists discover Read More

2001
Black River

Actors: Jay Mohr, Diana Stevan, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Cusack, Lisa Edelstein

Synopsis: Sci-fi novelist Bo Aikens (Jay Mohr) is fed up with life in Los Angeles. He heads out of the hustle and bustle of the big city to the small, idyllic town of Black River, where everyone is happy, contented and welcoming of strangers -- except for a burly redneck, but he'll be put straight soon Read More

2001
New York, Episode 7: 1945 to Present - The City and the World

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

2001
New York, Episode 6: 1929-1941 - City of Tomorrow

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

2001
American Experience: The Rockefellers

Synopsis: Part one of American Experience: The Rockefellers chronicles the rise of John D. Rockefeller from the son of a gambler to the owner of Standard Oil. Born in 1839, Rockefeller gained his mother's prudent disposition, but learned about the value of money from his unreliable father, nicknamed "Devil Read More

2000
American Experience: MacArthur

Synopsis: General Douglas MacArthur is considered to be one of the most influential and important military personalities in America's history. American Experience: MacArthur provides a comprehensive biography of the controversial man's life and dramatic role in American military history. The program begins Read More

1999
NOVA: Trillion Dollar Bet

Synopsis: The Black-Scholes formula of economics promised to revolutionize Wall Street. It was a simple idea that determined the stock price according to mathematical principles. Yet when it hit the trading floor, it caused more damage than good. Nova reexamines the minds behind the money in Nova: The Read More

1999
New York, Episode 1: 1609-1825 - The Country and the City

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: The "Big Apple" has a colorful, influential, and, at times, tragic history that spans nearly four hundred years. This is the first episode in the epic PBS documentary series about the most populous city in the United States. Originally christened "New Amsterdam" by its Dutch founders, the city is Read More

1999
American Experience: Race for the Superbomb

Synopsis: This two-hour documentary uncovers the U.S.-Soviet race to build the hydrogen bomb and describes the fear of destruction that ensued. More powerful than the atomic bomb, the hydrogen fusion (or "super") bomb was used as a political weapon during the Cold War. This documentary also shows the Read More

1999
The Stand-In

Actors: Kelly Ripa

Synopsis: While outside appearances indicate that Brian Roberts (Robbie Bryan) has everything -- a beautiful girlfriend (Kelly Ripa), a successful career, and a stellar family, to name a few -- the truth is that he dreams of being an actor. When a college professor urges him to move to New York and work for Read More

1999
New York [TV Documentary Series]

1999
New York, Episode 5: 1919-1931 - Cosmopolis

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Calling Prohibition a "noble experiment," New York congressman Fiorello La Guardia then declared the law unenforceable. Throughout most of New York City, this was the correct assessment. This is the fifth episode of the epic PBS documentary series about the "Big Apple." Also covered in this Read More

1999
New York, Episode 2: 1825-1865 - Order and Disorder

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: New York of the 19th century was already a haven of celebrities; showman P.T. Barnum's museum drew crowds on Broadway, and up the street the great photographer Mathew Brady stayed busy taking "likenesses" of the rich and famous. However, when British author Charles Dickens visited New York in Read More

1999
New York, Episode 4: 1898-1918 - The Power and the People

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: It was the fire that sparked reform; after 146 people -- mostly women and girls -- died in the ferocious 1911 blaze that gutted the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, it was discovered that the exits had been locked by the management to prevent theft by the workers. At the time, there were no fire laws Read More

1999
Love & Money [TV Series]

Actors: Swoosie Kurtz, David Ogden Stiers, Paget Brewster, Brian Doyle-Murray

1999
American Experience: Reagan, Part II - An American Crusade

1998
American Experience: Reagan, Part I - Lifeguard

Actors: Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George Schultz, James Baker III, Ed Meese

Synopsis: This lengthy (4 1/2 hours) TV documentary on Ronald Reagan, part of The American Experience series, intercuts film clips, network feeds, home movies, and interviews to survey the life, career, philosophy, and policies of the 40th President of the United States. Interview subjects include Mikhail Read More

1998
Krippendorf's Tribe

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Gregory Smith, Carl Michael Lindner

Synopsis: Todd Holland directed this Charlie Peters adaptation of Frank Parkin's novel. Respected anthropologist James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss) and his wife, Jennifer (Barbara Williams), bring their three children along during their failed search in New Guinea for a lost tribe. After Jennifer's death Read More

1998
Two Guys, A Girl And A Pizza Place [TV Series]

Actors: Traylor Howard, Ryan Reynolds, Richard R. Ruccolo, Jennifer Westfeldt, Julius J. Carry III

Synopsis: Three former college chums are the center of this sitcom, set at a Boston pizza parlor where grad-school roommates Berg (Ryan Reynolds) and Pete (Richard R. Ruccolo) work. Above their apartment lives their friend and neighbor, Sharon (Traylor Howard), sales rep for a chemical company. Berg is an Read More

1998
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Actors: Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Jean Stapleton

Synopsis: For this animated direct-to-video sequel to Disney's 1995 animated Pocahontas, Irene Bedard returns to the title role -- with Judy Kuhn once again providing Pocahontas' singing voice. The story starts in colonial Jamestown before Pocahontas travels to England to meet with the king in hopes of Read More

1998
Ally McBeal: They Eat Horses, Don't They

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Gil Bellows, Greg Germann, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol

1998
Meet Wally Sparks

Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Debi Mazar, Cindy Williams, Burt Reynolds, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Comic Rodney Dangerfield co-wrote and stars in this outrageous comedy. Wally Sparks (Dangerfield) is the host of a sleazy tabloid-style talk show who makes Jerry Springer seem genteel by comparison. Wally's show has become so foul that he's alienated his not-especially-discriminating viewers, and Read More

1997
Jungle 2 Jungle

Actors: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich, Sam Huntington

Synopsis: A man finds the son he never knew he had, and a boy discovers a city he never knew existed, in this comedy. Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a commodities broker who deals in coffee beans; while on a trip to Brazil, Michael is abandoned by his wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), an anthropologist who Read More

1997
American Experience: Around the World in 72 Days

Synopsis: Before there was a Helen Thomas, there was Nellie Bly. Known at "the best reporter in America" in 1890, Bly continuously took great risks to grab the headlines. During the day of the of stunt journalist, Bly had herself committed in order to expose the abuse of the mentally ill. Other guises Read More

1997
American Experience: The Richest Man in the World - Andrew Carnegie

Synopsis: The Richest Man In the World is a thoughtful portrait of one of history's most complicated men. Andrew Carnegie was a study in contrasts, a walking contradiction. He was a great philanthropist who endowed nearly 3,000 libraries, but he was also a ruthless businessman who dealt savagely with Read More

1997
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Actors: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline

Synopsis: After the critical and commercial success of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, the Walt Disney Pictures animation studio embarked on their most serious and ambitious animated feature to date with this adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel Notre Dame de Paris. Read More

1996
Everyone Says I Love You

Actors: Alan Alda, Edward Norton, Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore, Goldie Hawn, Gaby Hoffmann, Julia Roberts, Natasha Lyonne

Synopsis: Featuring a soundtrack filled with beloved "standard" songs such as "Just You, Just Me" and "My Baby Just Cares for Me," this musical comedy by Woody Allen concerns a polite and comfortably well-off group of people and their romantic difficulties. DJ (Natasha Lyonne), who narrates the picture, is Read More

1996
Murder, She Wrote: Death by Demographics

Synopsis: Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) is given the opportunity to solve her 286th murder, this one connected with a San Francisco fine-arts radio station. The station's ruthless new manager has elected to boost ratings by changing the outlet's image and format, and by firing a number Read More

1996
NOVA: The Odyssey of Life - The Ultimate Journey

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: From the creators of Miracle of Life comes another fascinating and beautifully-photographed journey into the womb to catch a glimpse at the mysteries of fetal development. This Nova video presents more stunning microphotography by Lennart Nilsson to show how the developing embryo reveals Read More

1996
To Face Her Past

Actors: Patty Duke, Tracey Gold, David Ogden Stiers, Gabrielle Carteris, James Brolin

Synopsis: Knowing that her daughter will die without a bone marrow transplant, a mother is forced to face up to her past mistakes and find the child she gave up years before in hopes of finding a donor match. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
Pocahontas

Actors: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, Judy Kuhn, Linda Hunt, Russell Means

Synopsis: History gets the Disney kiddie treatment and a politically correct interpretation in the studio's 33rd feature-length animated movie, the first to be based on actual events and people. Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) is the daughter of Algonquin chief Powhatan (Russell Means), who promises her in Read More

1995
Bad Company

Actors: Ellen Barkin, Susan Wooldridge, Jonny Lee Miller, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella, Ken Stott, Michael Beach, Mark Drewry, Angus Deayton, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Laurence Fishburne and Ellen Barkin star in this complex tale of former C.I.A. agents who now specialize in freelance espionage. As the film opens, Nelson Crowe (Fishburne) is being interviewed for a position with the Grimes Organization, which focuses on industrial espionage. He is hired by Read More

1995
Mighty Aphrodite

Actors: Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rapaport, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: A dissatisfied Manhattan sportswriter finds more than he expected when he searches for the biological mother of his adopted child in Woody Allen's comedy. Writer-director Allen also plays Lenny, a slightly more relaxed incarnation of his usual neurotic screen persona. Lenny is trapped in a bad Read More

1995
American Experience: Murder of the Century

Synopsis: The details of the murder trial were considered so sexy and lurid that for a time, by presidential order, news accounts of the scandal were forbidden to be carried in the U.S. mail. Originally televised as an installment of the award-winning PBS series The American Experience, this documentary Read More

1995
Steal Big, Steal Little

Actors: Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Rachel Ticotin, Joe Pantoliano, Ally Walker

Synopsis: Director Andrew Davis followed up the action blockbuster The Fugitive (1993) with this Capra-esque box office dud that nevertheless featured engaging dual performances by Andy Garcia. Garcia stars as Ruben and Robby, twin brothers who were raised separately and have become total opposites. Ruben Read More

1995
Iron Will

Actors: MacKenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg, Brian Cox

Synopsis: A rousing Disney dog-sled adventure based on a real life event -- a 522-mile dog-sled race between Winnipeg, Canada and St. Paul, Minnesota that occurred in 1917. When his father is accidentally killed, South Dakota farmboy Will Stoneman (Mackenzie Astin) decides to enter the dog-sled race in Read More

1994
Murder, She Wrote: An Egg to Die For

Synopsis: We're in Miami Beach this week, where Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is among the guests at a book fair. Also present is Russian detective Sergei Nemiroff (David Ogden Stiers), hot on the trail of the thief who stole a precious Faberge egg from the Hermitage Museum in Moscow. Before long, a murder Read More

1994
Past Tense

Actors: Scott Glenn, Anthony LaPaglia, Lara Flynn Boyle

Synopsis: Scott Glenn plays an ex-cop, and Lara Flynn Boyle is his gorgeous neighbor in this crime thriller about hot sex and murder that is chock-full of twists and turns. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
Earth and the American Dream

Actors: Mel Gibson, E.G. Marshall

Synopsis: This exhaustive treatment of the roots of environmental destruction in the modern world has come in for scathing criticism from those spearheading the "environmental backlash" movement, which is composed largely of rabidly pro-corporate thinkers and those who take "pure" capitalism as their Read More

1993
Shadows and Fog

Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Kathy Bates, Lily Tomlin, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis: Woody Allen's black-and-white curiosity piece is a mixture of influences -- from German silent film expressionism to Franz Kafka's nightmare worlds to the contemporary fables of Wim Wenders. Woody Allen plays the nebbish clerk Kleinman (in a throwback to his characters from Sleeper and Love and Death Read More

3/20/92
The Last of His Tribe

Actors: Graham Greene, Jon Voight, Anne Archer, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Graham Greene stars as Ishi, the lone survivor of the Yahi Indian tribe, who is discovered and cared for by anthropologist Albert Kroeber (Jon Voight) in this made-for-cable docudrama. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Beauty and the Beast

Actors: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Richard White, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Beauty and the Beast is widely considered the best animated Disney feature of the studio's 1980s/1990s renewal of the form. Based on the classic French fairy tale, it tells the story of Belle (voiced by Paige O'Hara), an intelligent young woman scorned by her townspeople for being a bookworm Read More

11/13/91
Doc Hollywood

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Barnard Hughes, Woody Harrelson, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: A big city doctor is stranded in a small rural town, where he finds love, professional challenges, and a pet pig, in this comedy. Fresh out of residence at a Washington D.C. hospital, hot-shot plastic surgeon Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) hops in his Porsche and is headed for California, where a Read More

8/2/91
Wife, Mother, Murderer

Actors: Judith Light, David Dukes, David Ogden Stiers, Kellie Overbey, Whip Hubley

Synopsis: Wife, Mother, Murderer stars Judith Light as all three of the above. She plays social-climbing Alabaman Marie Hilley, who between 1975 and 1987 schemed, lied, and killed her way to the top of the ladder. Her victims were her husband and daughter, whom she poisoned because they stood in the way of Read More

1991
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Half A Life

Synopsis: In her third Next Generation appearance, Majel Barrett reprises her role as Deanna Troi's telepathic mother Lwaxana. The plot gets under way when Picard offers asylum to Dr. Timicin (David Ogden Stiers) from Kaelon Two, whose tradition demands that he commit suicide when he reaches the age Read More

1991
The Kissing Place

Actors: Meredith Baxter, David Ogden Stiers, Nathaniel Moreau, Victoria Snow, Ted Dykstra

Synopsis: Meredith Baxter-Birney stars against type as a mother whose child dies, prompting her to kidnap another baby to replace him. Years pass, and when the maturing child begins having nightmarish flashbacks, he begins to question his true identity. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
How to Murder a Millionaire

Actors: David Ogden Stiers, Joan Rivers, Alex Rocco, Morgan Fairchild

Synopsis: The millionaire of the title is Joan Rivers, an over-aged Beverly Hills brat whom many of the film's characters want to see dead or in rags. Armed with only her mile-a-minute mouth, Rivers fends off con men, fortune hunters, and would-be murderers--among them, possibly, her own husband (Alex Read More

1990
Wings: A Little Nightmare Music

Synopsis: Although Helen (Crystal Bernard) is anxious over the prospect of auditioning for Edward Tinsdale (David Ogden Stiers), the conductor of the prestigious Minneapolis Philharmonic Symphony, Joe (Tim Daly) and Brian (Steven Weber) urge her to take the chance. Nervously, Helen grabs her cello and Read More

1990
Final Notice

Synopsis: In this thriller, a cool detective and a fussy librarian team up to solve the mystery of a killer who hacks up both art books and his beautiful victims. The story is based on a novel by Jonathan Valin and was made as a cable television pilot. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
The Final Days

Actors: Ann Hearn, Lane Smith, Amanda Wyss

Synopsis: The three-hour TV docudrama The Final Days was based on the Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein chronicle of President Richard M. Nixon's last months in the White House. Given his behavior during the entire Watergate imbroglio, Nixon cannot help but come off as a paranoid power-abuser. As played by Lane Smith Read More

1989
Day One

Actors: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn, Richard Dysart

Synopsis: This WW II-set drama follows the creation of the first atomic bomb. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
The Accidental Tourist

Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, Bill Pullman

Synopsis: Director Lawrence Kasdan and Frank Galati adapted their screenplay for The Accidental Tourist from Anne Tyler's novel. William Hurt plays Macon Leary, a well-known "travel advisor" headquartered in Baltimore. The tragic death of Leary's son causes him to withdraw from the world, which in turn Read More

12/23/88
Another Woman

Actors: Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Blythe Danner, Gene Hackman

Synopsis: Grad-school administrative head Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is in the midst of writing a book. The walls are thin in the apartment she's taken for work purposes, and soon Marion begins listening to the sessions conducted by her neighbor, an analyst. One of the patients is Hope (Mia Farrow), whose Read More

10/14/88
ALF: Turkey in the Straw, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Tanners spend Thanksgiving with the Ochmoneks, where they are forced to endure the--er--eccentricities of Trevor (John LaMotta) and Raquel's (Liz Sheridan bizarre relatives. Meanwhile, Flakey Pete (David Ogden Stiers), the tramp to whom ALF gave all of Read More

1988
ALF: Turkey in the Straw, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, ALF shows his gratitude to the Tanners by devouring their entire Thanksgiving dinner--then giving Willie's best clothes away to a tramp named Flakey Pete (David Ogden Stiers). Fortunately, the Ochmoneks invite the Tanners to spend Thanksgiving with them. Read More

1988
Matlock: The Ambassador

Actors: Kene Holliday, Lisa Hartman, Neil Dickson, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Though up on murder charges, a stalwart British diplomat refuses to invoke immunity and instead allows Matlock to defend him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason must prove that the man whose murder conviction he upheld when he was an Appellate Court judge is really innocent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

Actors: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, David Hasselhoff, William Katt

Synopsis: Raymond Burr, as ever, stars in this TV-movie continuation of the Perry Mason saga. Once more pulled out of semi-retirement, Perry takes on the case of a wealthy man (David Hasselhoff) accused of murdering his heiress wife. Of course, this has nothing to do with the Klaus von Bulow affair. As was Read More

1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason takes the case of a publisher implicated in the strange murder of a horror novelist. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Actors: Gene Barry, Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Katt, Jean Simmons

Synopsis: The Case of the Lost Love was the fourth of the Perry Mason TV movies of the 1980s. Raymond Burr plays Mason (you're surprised?), who while out of town at a lawyer's conference is reunited with Jean Simmons, his lady friend of 30 years past. Simmons has come up in the world, and is about to be Read More

1987
J. Edgar Hoover

Actors: Treat Williams

Synopsis: Based on the book My 30 Years in Hoover's FBI by William G. Sullivan and William S. Brown, this made-for-cable biopic stars Treat Williams as the infamous Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason begins representing a friend of Della's after he is accused of murdering an old madam who is also his wife. As the intrepid attorney investigates, he soon exposes a multi-million dollar banking fraud. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

Actors: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Katt, David Ogden Stiers, Susan Wilder

Synopsis: The last of the four Perry Mason movies telecast in 1987, The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel rounds up veterans Raymond Burr (as Mason) and Barbara Hale (as Della Street), with comparative newcomers William Katt (as Paul Drake Jr.) and David Ogden Stiers (as the "Hamilton Burger"-style Read More

1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

Actors: Brian Keith

Synopsis: The valor and anguish of the Alamo is resurrected in this '80s effort that features a considerably accomplished cast. Brian Keith plays Davy Crockett and James Arness is Jim Bowie who, although at odds at times with his leader Colonel William Travis (Alec Baldwin), is able to focus upon the battle Read More

1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

Actors: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, Joe Penny, William Katt, Ron Glass

Synopsis: Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is once more dragged out of retirement to defend a murder suspect. This time the defendant is an obnoxious actor (Joe Penny) who was seen by an audience of millions in the act of shooting a vitriolic TV talk show host (Allan Thicke). The actor claims the shooting was a Read More

1986
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

Actors: Raymond Burr, William Katt

Synopsis: Following the excellent ratings response to the 1985 "reunion" special Perry Mason Returns, producers Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove quickly assembled a second two-hour Mason TV movie in 1986. Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun finds Mason (Raymond Burr), now a judge, briefly stepping Read More

1986
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

Actors: Katharine Hepburn

Synopsis: Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry was especially written by playwright James Prideaux for Katharine Hepburn. It would have been impractical to attempt a live staging, so the script was committed to a TV movie, under the direction of Hallmark Hall of Fame veteran George Schafer. Hepburn plays another Read More

1986
Murder, She Wrote: Corned Beef and Carnage

Synopsis: Jessica's niece Victoria (Genie Francis) and the girl's husband Howard (Jeff Conaway), previously introduced in the first-season episode "Birds of a Feather", make return appearances here--and, as before, the couple promptly embroils Jessica (Angela Lansbury) in a murder case. This time, the Read More

1986
North and South, Book II

Actors: Kirstie Alley

Synopsis: This six-part, 12-hour miniseries was a sequel to the 1985 "mini" North and South, and like its predecessor it was based on a novel by John Jakes (Love and War). In the tradition of The Birth of a Nation (but without the negative racist content), North and South, Book II followed the fortunes of Read More

1986
North and South

Actors: Kirstie Alley

Synopsis: The expensively mounted miniseries North and South was originally telecast in six two-hour installments between November 3 and 10, 1985. Four screenwriters--Douglas Heyes, Paul F. Edwards, Kathleen A. Shelley, Patricia Green--were called upon to fashion a workable script from John Jakes' sprawling Read More

1985
The Man with One Red Shoe

Actors: Tom Hanks, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Carrie Fisher

Synopsis: In this rather routine adaptation of the French hit, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Richard (Tom Hanks) is a bicycling violinist who is innocently drawn into a nasty struggle for control of the CIA. Cooper (Dabney Coleman) is the unscrupulous current head honcho of the notorious U.S. Read More

1985
Creator

Actors: Jeff Corey, Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, John Dehner, Ellen Geer, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen, David Ogden Stiers, Rance Howard

Synopsis: This romantic, melancholy twist on the Frankenstein formula stars Peter O'Toole as Professor Harry Wolper, a lonely eccentric who has dedicated decades of research to cloning his long-dead wife Lucy from a culture of living tissue. To this end, he enlists the services of likeable Graduate Read More

1985
Better Off Dead

Actors: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Diane Franklin, Amanda Wyss

Synopsis: Most animation aficionados of the 1990s know "Savage Steve Holland" as the cocreator (with Bill Kopp) of the all-stops-out TV cartoon series Eek! The Cat. But Holland had been exercising his own peculiar brand of deviltry on live characters long before Eek! came into being. In Holland's Better Off Dead Read More

1985
The Bad Seed

Actors: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, Carrie Wells, David Carradine

Synopsis: The 1985 TV movie The Bad Seed is the second film version of Maxwell Anderson's 1956 Broadway play. Carrie Wells plays Rachel Penmark, a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself--unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine (Blair Read More

1985
The Innocents Abroad

Actors: Craig Wasson, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Filmed on location in France, Italy, Greece, and Egypt, Innocents Abroad was adapted by Dan Wakefield from the 1869 book by Mark Twain. The Twain original was an amusing, semi-satiric account of the author's Grand Tour of Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. Most of the humor derived from the Read More

1984
The First Olympics: Athens 1896

Synopsis: Five Emmy nominations went to the two-part TV drama The First Olympics: Athens 1896. The story begins in 1894, when Baron Pierre de Courbetin (Louis Jourdan) announces his intention to stage the first Olympic games of the Modern Era within two years in Athens. The baron heads to the US to recruit Read More

1984
Anatomy of an Illness

Actors: Ed Asner

Synopsis: Edward Asner stars as Saturday Review editor Norman Cousins in this made-for-TV biopic, which first aired May 15, 1984. Stricken with a degenerative spinal illness in 1964, Cousins refuses to accept the prognosis that he must spend the rest of his life as a virtual vegetable. He battles his Read More

1984
M*A*S*H: Season 11

Actors: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: As the 11th season of M*A*S*H* got under way in the fall of 1982, everyone involved with the series knew it would be their last (the program had already lasted eight years longer than the actual Korean War!) Looking back, the cast and crew could take pride in the series' many accomplishments, not Read More

1982
M*A*S*H: That Darn Kid

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The titular "kid" is a nanny goat, purchased by Klinger (Jamie Farr) in hopes of cornering the milk business in the 4077th. Instead, the goat eats the camp's payroll, leaving temporary paymaster Hawkeye (Alan Alda) in debt to the tune of $22,340. Elsewhere, Charles (David Ogden Stiers has problems Read More

1982
The Day the Bubble Burst

Synopsis: An all-star (or rather, "all-TV star") cast distinguishes this three-hour filmed re-creation of the great stock market crash on October 29, 1929. Though inspired by a fact-based book on "Black Tuesday," the film is chock full of fabricated soap-opera complications involving dozens of fictional Read More

1982
Mark Twain Classics: Innocents Abroad

1982
Harry's War

Actors: Edward Herrmann, Geraldine Page, Karen Grassle, David Ogden Stiers, Salome Jens

Synopsis: Harry's War is a "feel good" movie--and you'd better feel good or else. Edward Herrmann plays an postman whose aunt (Geraldine Page) is victimized by the Internal Revenue Service. Uncle Sam has made an error on her return, insisting that the poor old pensioner must pay 190 grand in back taxes. Try Read More

1981
M*A*S*H: Season 10

Actors: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Its ninth season shortened to a mere 20 episodes thanks to a Hollywood writers' strike, M*A*S*H returned to a full 24-episode manifest for its tenth season, which began in October of 1981. With the defection of series regular Gary Burghoff two seasons earlier, the starring-cast lineup was now Read More

1981
M*A*S*H: Identity Crisis

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A young corporal who swapped his dog tags with a friend is consumed by guilt when that friend dies in battle. As the doctors of the 4077th wrestle with this problem, they must also deal with the crestfallen recipient of a "Dear John" letter. And friendly enemies B.J. (Mike Farrell) and Charles Read More

1981
Damien: The Leper Priest

Synopsis: More formally known as Father Damien: The Leper Priest, this made-for-TV biopic stars a heavily-wigged Ken Howard in the title role. Father Damien was a Belgian priest who, in 1873, was assigned a far-from-desirable congregation: the leper colony of Molokai in the Hawaiian islands. At first Read More

1980
M*A*S*H: Season 09

Actors: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: After a late start thanks to a Hollywood writer's strike, M*A*S*H launched its ninth season on November 17, 1980. With the past defections of Wayne Rogers, Maclean Stevenson, Larry Linville and Gary Burghoff, Alan Alda (as Hawkeye), Loretta Swit (as Margaret Houlihan), Jamie Farr (as Klinger) and Read More

1980
The Oldest Living Graduate

Actors: Henry Fonda

Synopsis: Originally telecast live from Dallas' Southern Methodist University on April 7, 1980, The Oldest Living Graduate was adapted from Preston Jones's 1974 play. Henry Fonda stars as Col. J. C. Kincaid, crusty patriarch of a Texas family. Kincaid's weak-willed son Floyd (George Grizzard) wants to get Read More

1980
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Synopsis:
Six recently divorced males gather 'round a restaurant table and talk about their past lives and their recently failed marriages while trying to piece their lives back together. This drama is somewhat interesting for presenting the topic of life after a divorce from a man's point of view. (And Read More

1979
M*A*S*H: Season 08

Actors: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Season eight of M*A*S*H was marked by the last of the series' major regular-cast defections. As the quietly resourceful and eerily clairvoyant company clerk, Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, Gary Burghoff had been the only actor from the 1970 movie version of M*A*S*H* to carry over his role into the Read More

1979
The Cheap Detective

Actors: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Scatman Crothers

Synopsis: Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the partner's wife, Georgia Merkle (Marsha Mason). Police Read More

1978
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Synopsis: This made-for-TV movie begins in 1975, when Technical Sergeant Leonard Matlovich (Brad Dourif), a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, faces a court-martial and possible discharge. Matlovich's "offense:" He is an admitted homosexual. Knowing full well that the military has a long-standing ban on Read More

1978
M*A*S*H: Season 07

Actors: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Now in its seventh season on the air, the irreverent military comedy series M*A*S*H continued to roll along like a well-oiled machine. The most significant change during season six, the introduction of the insufferable but brilliant surgeon Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester (David Ogden Stiers), had Read More

1978
Magic

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter, E.J. Andre

Synopsis: Anthony Hopkins is a ventriloquist psychologically tormented by his dummy in the Richard Attenborough thriller Magic (a film with a story that may seem familiar to those who have seen the Michael Redgrave segment of Dead of Night, or the Cliff Robertson episode "The Dummy" from The Twilight Zone Read More

1978
M*A*S*H: Season 06

Actors: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Season six of M*A*S*H was noteworthy for yet another defection from its regular-cast ranks. Long dissatisfied with the artistic limitations of the role of obnoxious Major Frank Burns, actor Larry Linville followed the lead of his former M*A*S*H colleagues Wayne Rogers and Maclean Stevenson by Read More

1977
Oh, God!

Actors: George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy

Synopsis: Adapted by Larry Gelbart from the novel by Avery Corman, the film stars John Denver as Jerry Landers, the assistant manager of a grocery store who is chosen by God (George Burns) to spread the Word to the rest of the world. Not surprisingly, Jerry is soon labelled a basket case: even his loving Read More

1977
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

Actors: Ramon Bieri, Robert Burr, Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann, Patricia Neal

Synopsis: Based on the 1976 autobiography My Luke and I by Eleanor Gehrig and Joseph Durso, Love Affair: The Eleanor & Lou Gehrig Story provides a slightly different slant on the events previously dramatized on film as Pride of the Yankees (1942). The story is told in flashback from the point of view of the Read More

1977
A Circle of Children

Actors: Jane Alexander

Synopsis: A Circle of Children is an A-number-one TV adaptation of Mary MacCracken's autobiographical book. Recently separated from her husband, Mary (Jane Alexander) doesn't want to be just one more wealthy, useless divorcee. She plunges into volunteer work at a school for autistic children, where her Read More

1977
Kojak: Money Back Guarantee

Synopsis: A well organized ring of car thieves is flourishing in Manhattan, thanks to crime victims who appear more than willing to be ripped off. It's all part of an insurance scam, wherein cars are deliberately stolen so that the owners can collect huge settlements. Kojak (Telly Savalas) vows to stop the Read More

1975
Charlie's Angels: Pilot

Actors: David F. Doyle, John Forsythe, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith

Synopsis: This 72-minute pilot film of the Charlie's Angels series stars the three original "Angels": Sabrina (Kate Jackson), Jill (Farrah Fawcett-Majors), and Kelly (Jaclyn Smith). Police rookies stuck in go-nowhere jobs, Sabrina, Jill, and Kelly are hired by the never-seen Charlie (voiced by John Read More

1975
Drive, He Said

Actors: William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne

Synopsis: Jack Nicholson first put his well-documented enthusiasm for basketball to good use in this film, which he wrote and directed between his roles in Five Easy Pieces and Carnal Knowledge. William Tepper plays Hector, a student at a college in Ohio who shares a room with his friend Gabriel (Michael Margotta Read More

1971
THX 1138

Actors: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe

Synopsis: Based on his award-winning student short, George Lucas's debut feature cerebrally celebrates the possibility for individual freedom against all odds. In a 1984-esque white-washed future underground dystopia where sexuality is banned, all humans sport shaved heads and the same shapeless outfits as Read More

1971

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